Fri 24 Jun 1927, 8.00pm, Rudolf Steiner Hall, London
Company:
Pupils of Madame Marie Rambert
The Fairy Queen (dances in the opera)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton, Marie Rambert
Composer:
Henry Purcell
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| ACT I | |
| Dance of Fairies | Andrée Howard |
| Dance of Fairies | Eirene Garratt |
| Dance of Fairies | Kathleen O'Connor |
| Dance of Fairies | Prudence Hyman |
| Dance of Fairies | Pearl Wellman |
| Dance of Fairies | Joyce Peters |
| ACT II | |
| Echo Dance | Diana Gould |
| Dance of Fairies | Andrée Howard |
| Dance of Fairies | Eirene Garratt |
| Dance of Fairies | Kathleen O'Connor |
| Dance of Fairies | Prudence Hyman |
| Dance of Fairies | Pearl Wellman |
| Dance of Fairies | Joyce Peters |
| Dance of the Followers of Night | Winifred Baker |
| Dance of the Followers of Night | Eirene Garratt |
| Dance of the Followers of Night | Kathleen O'Connor |
| Dance of the Followers of Night | Pearl Wellman |
| ACT III | |
| One of Three Swans | Doola Baker |
| One of Three Swans | Maud Lloyd |
| One of Three Swans | Violet Reynolds |
| ACT IV | |
| Attendant on Spring | Diana Gould |
| Attendant on Spring | Maud Lloyd |
| Attendant on Summer | Pearl Wellman |
| Attendant on Summer | Andrée Howard |
| Attendant on Autumn | Doola Baker |
| Attendant on Autumn | Eirene Garratt |
| ACT V | |
| Dance of Monkeys | William Chappell |
| Dance of Monkeys | Kathleen O'Connor |
| Dance of Monkeys | Joyce Peters |
| Chaconne | Doola Baker |
| Chaconne | Maud Lloyd |
| Chaconne | Andrée Howard |
| Chaconne | Pearl Wellman |
| Conductor | Patrick Hadley |
Performance note:
In the production of the opera 'The Fairy Queen' by the Purcell Opera Society and Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Society, the dancers appeared in each of the five acts; only their names (not those of the singers) are listed here. The Rambert school is not named in the programme.
Source:
Programme for 23-24 June 1927 in the Rambert Archive